English names, Roman names where known, four figure map reference, site type, size, and history, including garrisons and associated military units.
Tag: sites
Sep 24
Roman Military sites in Northern England
Roman Military sites in Northern England English names, Roman names where known, four figure map reference, site type, size, and history, including garrisons and associated military units. Where there is uncertainty over identification of an element a ? is used after the element: a ? before a Roman name means that the form of the …
Sep 24
Roman Military sites in Central Britain
English names, Roman names where known, four figure map reference, site type, size, and history, including garrisons and associated military units.
Sep 24
Roman Sites in Southern Britain
English names, Roman names where known, four figure map reference, site type, size, and history, including garrisons and associated military units.
Sep 24
Roman Military Sites – Introduction
Britain was a province of the Roman Empire for 400 years. During that time the Roman army used over 550 sites as forts, temporary camps or depots. Some like the legionary fortresses at York and Chester were occupied for several hundred years, whilst at the other extreme some marching camps may have been used for a single night.
